Vladimir Potanin spoke at the celebration marking the 20th anniversary of his Foundation. He outlined his vision for the future of the Foundation and explained what parameters he uses to evaluate its work. He believes that charitable work has to take into account feedback: social needs and demands.

The new working group was founded with the goal of taking stock of and finding solutions to the main legal and economic challenges related to digital technologies and, more specifically, to develop an effective legal framework to protect digital market participants.

This year the Sport Connect Forum, organized by Interros Group and the Russian International Olympic Committee, gathered more than three hundred attendees from the sports industry. The main themes were Global Market Changes and Best Local Projects.

The report is being published since 2008 on the initiative of the chairman of the council Vladimir Potanin. Leading Russian and foreign practitioners and corporate governance researchers from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, VTB Bank, Deloitte, Ernst & Young and other institutions contributed to this report.

The Master of Sport Administration course, run by the Russian International Olympic University (RIOU), has been placed the second best European course in the 2017 by SportBusiness International Postgraduate Sports Course Rankings.